MySQL: Get column name or alias from query

Question

I\'m not asking for the SHOW COLUMNS command.

I want to create an application that works similarly to heidisql, where you can specify an SQL query and w

Answer 1

I think this should do what you need (builds on the answer above) . I am sure theres a more pythony way to write it, but you should get the general idea.

cursor.execute(query)
columns = cursor.description
result = []
for value in cursor.fetchall():
    tmp = {}
    for (index,column) in enumerate(value):
        tmp[columns[index][0]] = column
    result.append(tmp)
pprint.pprint(result)